package com.nulldev.util.VariableAPI.util.strings.splitters.third_party;

/*
 * Copyright (C) 2016 The Guava Authors
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except
 * in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License
 * is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express
 * or implied. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under
 * the License.
 */
public interface PatternCompiler {
	/**
	 * Compiles the given pattern.
	 *
	 * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the pattern is invalid
	 */
	CommonPattern compile(String pattern);

	/**
	 * Returns {@code true} if the regex implementation behaves like Perl --
	 * notably, by supporting possessive quantifiers but also being susceptible to
	 * catastrophic backtracking.
	 */
	boolean isPcreLike();
}
